Since I've explored in various posts how to frame
progressive values effectively, see Lakoff & Wehling's The Little
Blue Book in the following link. His book Thinking Points is also
available in the thread starter post. E.g., from the beginning of Chapter 5:
"Traditional
liberal discourse strategies are not consistent with the science of how
reason really works. In light of this science, here are some ways those
strategies could be improved.
"Liberals tend to
talk about policy and about facts and figures. But as we have just seen,
policies make sense only as part of a morally based cascade of frames,
most of which are unconscious, working in the brain behind the scenes.
"Liberals
love to quote conservatives and argue against them, citing real facts.
This rarely works. If a conservative argues for 'cutting needless
spending,' liberals shouldn’t argue against 'cutting needless spending.'
They should say what they believe: 'The economy needs an infusion of
cash to put people to work rebuilding our infrastructure and growing our
economy.'
"Some commentators point out that
conservatives vote against their economic interests. What they miss is
that those conservatives are voting their moral interests, and they will
continue to do so. Therefore liberals need to understand the difference
between policy and morality and that morality beats policy. Moral
discourse is thus absolutely necessary. Failing to understand this is a
major reason why the Democrats lost the House in 2010." [And 2014, I
might add.]
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